Combination-undergarment



No. 624,825. Paten'ted May 9, |899.

T. E. KREMEH.

COMBINATION UNDERGARMENT.

(Application led Nov. 5. 1898.) (No Model.)

Heocolfe E Effenaar? IUNITED' STATES ATENTk OFFICE.

THEODORE E. KREMER, GF RIDLEY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA.

CONIBINATION-UNDERGARIVIENT.4

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 624,825, dated May 9, 1899. Applicationfiiednovemtert,189s. stanno. 695,598. (Neumann To @ZZ whom, it' may concern.-

Be it known that I, THnoDoRE E. Kam/1ER,- a citizen of theUnited States, residing in Rid.- ley Park, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Combination-Undergarments, of which the following is a specifi- `object/'I attain in the manner hereinafter set forth, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which-n Figure 1 is a View of a combination-undergarment constructed in accordance with my invention, and Fig. 2 is a similar View showing a portion of another form of combinationundergarment embodying one of the features of my invention.

In a common form of combination-undergarment-that is to say, a garment comprising both shirt and drawersthe front or breast portion of the garment extends straight across from armhole to armhole some distance below the shoulders, the shoulder-flaps forming part of the back of the garment and overlapping the front or breast portion of the same, so as to be secured thereto by buttons or other available fastenings. Oneobjection to this form of garment is that the frontor breast portion of the same is not properly supported, and consequently has a tendency to sag down and form objectionable wrinkles or folds at the center. One of the objects of my inven tion is to overcome this objection, and another is to so construct the garment that it' can be more readily put on or taken ott than a garment of the class to which I have referred.'

In the drawings, l represents the back portion, 2 the front 0r breast portion, and 3 3 the shoulder-flaps, of the garment, the latter overlapping the breast portion and being so shaped as to form the neck of the garment when they are properly adjusted, as shown by dotted lines in Figs. l and 2, both of these views showing in full lines one of the shoul der-naps thrown up, so as vto illustrate the conformation of the upper edge of the front or breast portion of the garment. These-fiaps,

it will be observed, are united to the sleeves on their line of junction with the body of the garment from the top downward.

The sleeves are represented at 4 4 and the legs of the garment at 5 5, these being con structed in the usual manner.

The front or breast portion of the garment shown in Fig. l is divided centrally from the neck to the waist, the opposite portions being secured together by buttons or lother equivalent fastenings, and the upper edge of the breast portion of this garment extends to the shoulders at points close .to the neck and from these points to the top of each armhole is united to the back of the garment by means of transverse shoulder-seams 6, as shown in Fig. l, this construction of the neck-opening of the garment being permissible owing to the fact that the front of the garment is open down to the waist, so that the garment can be readily drawn on over the legs and hips and the arms then inserted into the sleeves, the front of the garment being nally closed by buttoning together the two sides of the same.

In the garment shownY in Fig. 2 the central opening in the front portion of the garment is dispensed with. Hence in this case it is necessary to have an opening of full width at the top; but in this case the upper edge ofthe front portion of the garment is carried up to the shoulder at the top of each armhole, so that in both cases a shoulder-support for the front of the garment is provided and the objectionable sagging or wrinkling of the same isprevented. In an undershirt or vest which is open at the bottom the closed front may be combinedwith the shoulder connection shown in Fig. l, as in such case it is onlynecessary to have sufficient opening at the top of the garment for the passage of the head.

Each of the shoulder-flaps of the garment has a portion 7 depending considerably below the point at which the iiap is attached to the sleeve at the armhole and the point at which j it is attached to the front or breast portion of the garment at the neck, thus providing the ii'ap with a lower edge of a length considerably greater than the straight line between the points of attachment at the neck and armhole, so that said edge lmay be termedelastic, and the trimming applied to the edge of the iiap will not prevent the free lateral expansion of the same, as it might have a tendency to doit it ran straight across from the point of attachment at the armhole to the point of attachment in front of the neck.

The shoulder-flap is attached to the sleeve at a point considerably above the armpit, so as to prevent any accumulation ot' fabric under the arm, which would cause discomfort or interfere with the fit of the dress.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A combination undergarment having shoulder-ilaps extending over the shoulders from the back of the garment and overlapping the front or breast portion of the same, said shoulder-flaps being united to the sleeves on the line of their junction with the garment from the top of the shoulders downward, and also detachably secured to the front of the garment at the'neclc, each shoulment, said aps being unit-ed to the sleeves on their line of junction with the body of the garment from the top of the shoulders downward, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THEO. E. KREMER.

Witnesses:

FRANK E. BEoHToLD, Jos. H. KLEIN. 

